#9DCDCD#9DCDCD

#9DCDCD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.050 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCDCD
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(180, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -15.56, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 16.38, 198.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0481 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.05 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7520, 55.2365, 65.9441)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCDCD #CD9D9D

analogous

#9DCDB5 #9DCDCD #9DB5CD

triadic

#9DCDCD #CD9DCD #CDCD9D

tetradic

#9DCDCD #B59DCD #CD9D9D #B5CD9D

square

#9DCDCD #B59DCD #CD9D9D #B5CD9D

split-complementary

#9DCDCD #CD9DB5 #CDB59D

monochromatic

#519F9F #74B8B8 #9DCDCD #C6E2E2 #EBF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9DCDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#9DCDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCDCD

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCDCD	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.050 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcdc',
    500: '#9dcdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcdcd;
$custom-light: #bbdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81463,
    "c": 0.05009,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCDCD

secondary

#A26C6C

accent

#3A3AAB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#121515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCDCD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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